New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-03-28


80. the vest-southwest at seventy miles an hour
A. tho sarboard quarter. The foresails were reefed
again and the yacht carried notnng pus
bit Of canvas on the malnmsse ne
ssas behind rose to o height OF thirty zee.
Al times towering over the yacht Is IL
.hout To eprulf her completely. mans
voice could scarcely be heard foot or two OIL on deck
for the roar Of the waves and the hurricane
Only the extra tons of lead in her keel Kept inc
vessel buoy ant and upright The storm was increasing
IN violence every minute twas question hnaiy oi
saving the ship and all hands maoo reaoy W oA0o WIZ
proposed maneuvre.
favorable opportunity Offering when the cress OF
the waves were momentary exceptionally far apart
the vessels head was brought around towaro
the wind. Tho expedient was dangerous one
indeed To put the vessel half bow to the heaVy
seas approaching in ridges twenty and thirty ieet nn
scarcely further than that apart to run the sR
of seas falling fat the deck and smashing
IN peces All the crew took to the rigging for ts Jan
cerous piece OF seamanship. The mate was vi 'io
weather line looking for chance TO put the hem aDou~
Finally, cnging there to the lie line, NC
saw one. and yelled with all his lungs to the
helmsman. -
"Down with your helm" shouted the
mate who was clinging desperately
to life line Then. "Hold all of you. he yelled again
to the sailors and the other officers on deck
The helmsman had pulled at the spokesSwth
NIL his might and the boldest on board held his
breath for half minute The spray was binding again
and the roar OF the storm drowned all other noises
Scarcely any one on board breathed for thirty
seconds Then, with the water flooding hor decKs
the Coronet turned slowly but certainly getting Tar
enough round to turn the first half off, half catch
on the fore decks with the next one then fell
I'm the trough rose again and fell, and everything was
safe.
Held in this position under only ref reefed foretry'
SAIL she could make little progress in any direction The
barometer fell meanwhile 10 2sLO6 and the hurricane
blew the widest The man at the wheel was almost
helpless the spray binding him completely Toward 10
D. M blew in squalls chiefly some or them al the
OF eighty and ninety miles and hour and Win inc
calm spells came a succession Of rain showers. Inc
barometer trine at 10 going to 2S9o Al IL
o. M 1t was 90 40 and the storm was fairly over Al
midnight the wind and had moderated considerably
and the schooner again got under way, running
before the wind under reeed orerysail and forestay
sail The yachts position Thursday noon was lat III
27 long 500 O3, having travelled 21l2 miles since the
previous noon.
SHORT INTERMIssIoN on FRIDAY.
At daylight on Friday the sun shOne clear again and
the wind died away altogether All the light
sails were set, but the yacht made little
progress The noon observations showed lati
tude 4l.5G south, longitude 47.04 The distance
run during the day was 1851 miles. The elapsed time
was % hours AZ 43 The whole run out so far
had been $50 miles, average of 20si2 miles day.
BY d. M, however, the same old weather
set in The wind and the sea roughened
and sail had TO be shortened At H. another short
ening was made. The barometer went down
to 294O Three of the seamen came near
being blown overheard in OF the evening
SQUALLS They had gone out the jib-boom to
take in the jib when particularly big sea swept over
them One man fell under the bows. but caught rope
luckily pulled on deck BY midnight OF FRIDAY
the gales seemed 10 have exhausted themselves
Saturday redleter day, four vessels being sight
ed The first was a westward bound Inman liner
which passed three miles TO southwark about
O. H., and which answered the Coronets
international code number An hour later
q ship with all sail set passed northward At ii
O'Clock an eastbound steamer carrying the Spanish
flag came from the South She alongside reducing
her speed aud quite a conversation was carried on
through the burgee pennants and square code flag.
"HAvE YOU SEEN THE DAUNTLEssW
"Tave you seen tho DauntlessF was one OF the
questions asked "No," was the answer
Some pleasant talk about the race and
the Coronets chances followed the Spanish ship
parting with wishes for the yachts success. At p m
IN steamer passed but too far distant to
speak. Saturday the days run was 225l niles
and the position latitude 43o AZ; longitude 42'35l3
The theory that storms swing around in circle was
thoroughly proved by the CorOnets experience on the
second Sunday when she ran through revolving gale
which was nearly terrible as that or the
18th The wind first issued from the southeast
about a. No. and blew the rate Of seventy miles an
hour, until T. when 1t moderated. AT 7:3O hardly
breath was stirring. Half an hour later
there was light breeze from the northwest
and at there came hurricane from that direction
The created the contrary winds bueted the
yacht like chip in millrace, and
only the most skillful manipulation OF the
wheel prevented the huge waves from landing
on deck and crushing it in She carried only the fore
trysa and jb staysai reefed, and made considerable
progress through it all The position at noon ati
tude 45o %, and longitude 39' o. AS" The distance
traversed was 1874 miles
Monday March 81, began with propitious breeze
from the northwest but 1t incOnstant
had been all winds hitherto during the trip Soon after
veered around bringing in diurnal gale from
the northeast As the yacht had already been driven fur
ther south than the navigator had intended, and as
beating TO wndward WIS impossible in such a strong
wind and heavy 1t decided TO keep her head up
to the wind and wait for favorable
breezes. The head wind continued blowing
necessarily until Wednesday noon when It gradually
rounded the north During that foryeght hours the
yacht almost at standstll, averaging under two
knots.
Early Monday afternoon North German Lloyd
steamer eastward bound passed southwark near enough
to distinguish the yachts code flags. The dis
lance covered from Sunday TO Monday noon
was 202 miles, TO Tuesday noon 3s9 miles, and TO
Wednesday noon 500 miles Late Thursday afternoon
a good sailing breeze from southwest con
tnuing with more or less regularity throughout
Friday saturday and Sunday, giving opportunity for
rapid progress During that period the Coronet logged
high fourteen knots. At Thursday, she had
sailed 81 Sc miles In twenty four hours.
LAND mol
Mizen Head the southwest coast OF Ireland. was
sighted at 6:27 In the morning, and at 7:i0
Fastnet light bore north-northwest, nine miles
away. The yacht then bowling along
under all light sails at the OF twelve knots hour
The weather clear and warm. and the gradual
folding of the beautiful scenery along the Irish
coast presented a picture which much admired
by those board. At s:57 Galley Head
abeam, and then the Cork pilot boat
Columbine hove In sight At 1908, when
the yacht abreast OF Seven Heads,
Pilot Robert Welsh board
with news that Coronet first arrive Along the